Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Twin Cities Area
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

